#1. This week's number one is an international power forward Donatas Motiejunas (213-90, agency: Interperformances). He led Asseco Prokom to a victory over the second-ranked Trefl Sopot (6-4) 76-68 in the Polish PLK in Wednesday night's game.
Motiejunas was MVP of the game. He had a double-double by scoring 23 points and getting 11 rebounds in 35 minutes on the court.
It was the game of the round between two top 3 ranked teams in Group A. Asseco Prokom Gdynia (8-2) is placed first.
It was his team's fourth consecutive victory in a row.
Motiejunas is ranked sixth on the list of the top scorers in the league with 15.7ppg.
He also averaged so far 6.6rpg, 1.4apg, 1.4spg, 2FGP: 52.1%, 3FGP: 28.6% and FT: 66.7% in the 25 games he played so far.
Motiejunas is currently a member of the Lithuanian senior national team.

#2. Second place goes to an experienced international center Ksistof Lavrinovic (210-79). He was the major contributor in a Montepaschi Siena's victory against the closely-ranked Banco di Sardegna Sassari (20-12) 79-64 in the Italian SerieA last Friday.
Lavrinovic scored 12 points and grabbed 4 rebounds.
It was the game of the round between two top 4 ranked teams. Montepaschi Siena (24-8) is placed first in the SerieA.
It's Lavrinovic's fifth season with the team.
He has relatively good stats this year: 12.1ppg, 5.4rpg, 1.2apg, 2FGP: 63.6%(96-151), 3FGP: 36.4% and FT: 79.7%.
Lavrinovic is in the roster of the Lithuanian senior national team.

#3. The Lithuanian player who performed third best last week abroad was an international guard Rimantas Kaukenas (192-77, college: Seton Hall) is a teammate of previously mentioned Ksistof Lavrinovic and both played together in the last Italian SerieA game.
Kaukenas contributed to an easy victory against the closely-ranked Banco di Sardegna Sassari (20-12) 79-64.
He scored 10 points and grabbed 4 rebounds in 17 minutes.
This year Kaukenas averages: 9.8ppg, 2.1rpg, 1.8apg, 3FGP: 36.4% and FT: 86.8% in the 19 games.
He is also a member of the Lithuanian senior national team.

#4. Guard Martynas Pocius (196-86, also represented by Interperformances, college: Duke) contributed to a Real Madrid's victory against the closely-ranked Caja Laboral (23-11) 76-69 in the Spanish ACB in Saturday night's game.
Pocius scored 8 points.
It was the game of the round between two top 4 ranked teams. Real Madrid (26-8) is placed second in the ACB.
Pocius' overall stats this season are: 5.2ppg and 1.7rpg.
He is also Lithuanian national team player.

#5. International guard Sarunas Jasikevicius (192-76, college: Maryland), who plays in the Greek A1 could not help one of league's weakest teams Panathinaikos (22-2) to beat Olympiacos (23-1).
Jasikevicius scored only 4 points in 15 minutes.
Panathinaikos lost 76-82 in a derby game to the leading Olympiacos.
This year Jasikevicius' overall stats are: 8.2ppg and 3.1apg in the 35 games.
He plays currently for the Lithuanian national team.

#6. Guard Martynas Gecevicius (193-88) faced previously mentioned Sarunas Jasikevicius in the Greek A1 last game.
Gecevicius managed to help Olympiacos S.F.P. Pireus to win against the closely-ranked Panathinaikos (22-2) 82-76 in a derby game.
He scored only 2 points.
Gecevicius' total stats this season are: 7.7ppg, 1.3rpg and 1.1apg.
He is an international player who is currently on the senior Lithuanian National Team roster.

#7. Former international power forward Tautvydas Lydeka (208-83) was not able to help Scavolini Pesaro (19-13) in their game against Armani Milano (22-10) in the Italian SerieA.
Lydeka scored 8 points and grabbed 4 rebounds in 16 minutes.
Scavolini Pesaro was badly defeated 84-68 on the road by the second-ranked Armani Milano.
This year Lydeka's total stats are: 7.5ppg and 4.6rpg in the 41 games.
He used to play for the Lithuanian national team
six years ago.

#8. Power forward Saulius Kuzminskas (210-82, college: California) was not able to secure a victory for Trefl Sopot (6-4) in their game against Asseco Prokom (8-2) in the Polish PLK.
Kuzminskas recorded 6 points and grabbed 4 rebounds.
The second-placed Trefl Sopot was defeated 79-71 at home by the leading Asseco Prokom in the Group A.
Kuzminskas has averaged so far 3.5ppg and 2.3rpg.
He used to play for the Lithuanian national team
back in 2004.

Donatas Motiejunas(7'0''-F/C-90) has agreed to a new contract with Houston, tweets Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical. The new deal will pay him $35MM over four years. Donatas Motiejunas still must pass a physical before returning to the team, He was limited to 37 games because of back problems last season, but is reportedly healthy now. League sources told Wojnarowski that the terms of the new deal are similar to the offer sheet that Donatas Motiejunas received from the Nets. Only the fi... [read more]

Donatas Motiejunas (7'0''-F/C-90) has agreed to a new contract with Houston, tweets Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical. The new deal will pay him $35MM over four years. Donatas Motiejunas still must pass a physical before returning to the team, He was limited to 37 games because of back problems last season, but is reportedly healthy now. League sources told Wojnarowski that the terms of the new deal are similar to the offer sheet that Donatas Motiejunas received from the Nets. Only the first year of the contract is fully guaranteed, and the trade restrictions that would have come with a matched offer sheet are presumably gone.Courtesy of: hoopsrumors.com

32-year old Albanian international point guard Rashaun Broadus (183-87kg-84, college: BYU, agency: Octagon Europe) left Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius (LKL). He has a double citizenship as he also holds American passport. In 10 LKL games he averaged 7.3ppg, 2.0rpg and 3.2apg this season. Broadus also played 7 games in Eurocup where he had 3.4ppg and 2.1apg. The last season Broadus played at MKS Dabrowa Gornicza in Polish TBL. In 31 games he recorded very impressive stats: 16.0ppg, 3.5rpg, 4.1apg... [read more]

32-year old Albanian international point guard Rashaun Broadus (183-87kg-84, college: BYU, agency: Octagon Europe) left Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius (LKL). He has a double citizenship as he also holds American passport. In 10 LKL games he averaged 7.3ppg, 2.0rpg and 3.2apg this season. Broadus also played 7 games in Eurocup where he had 3.4ppg and 2.1apg. The last season Broadus played at MKS Dabrowa Gornicza in Polish TBL. In 31 games he recorded very impressive stats: 16.0ppg, 3.5rpg, 4.1apg and 1.0spg. He can count that season as a very successful as was selected to Eurobasket.com All-Polish League Honorable Mention. Broadus' team won Baltic League Elite Division Regular Season in 2012.He also represented Albania at the Qualifications to European Championships 2017 this year. His stats at that event were 5 games: Score-1 (19.8ppg), 1.6rpg, 2.6apg, Steals-2 (2.8spg), FGP: 47.9%, 3PT: 38.7%, FT: 65.4%.Broadus is a very experienced player. He has played also professionally in Canada, Romania (CSU Cuadripol SCM Brasov), Ukraine (Halychyna), Lithuania (Neptunas, Siauliai, Suduva and Juventus) and IBL (Edmonton E.).Broadus attended Brigham Young University until 2007 and it is his tenth season in pro basketball.Let's have closer look into His outlook:
Shaun plays with lots of energy and is a very good ball handler.
He can create opportunities with his quickness on offense and pressure the opponent into mistakes on defense.
He has a very good assist to turnover ratio.
Shaun takes good shots and maintains a high shooting percentage from all areas of the floor.

Real Madrid - Zalgiris 96:91 Real Madrid claimed the eighth victory in EuroLeague regular season. They held off visiting Zalgiris in the Spanish capital on Thursday. Six players scored in double digits for the hosts. Luka Doncic (201-PG-99) led the effort with 17 points. Real dropped 25 points in the first period to take a 3-point lead. Zalgiris denied the deficit in the second term. The Lithuanian powerhouse tied things up at 49 heading into the second half. Real regained the advantage... [read more]

Real Madrid - Zalgiris 96:91

Real Madrid claimed the eighth victory in EuroLeague regular season. They held off visiting Zalgiris in the Spanish capital on Thursday. Six players scored in double digits for the hosts. Luka Doncic (201-PG-99) led the effort with 17 points. Real dropped 25 points in the first period to take a 3-point lead. Zalgiris denied the deficit in the second term. The Lithuanian powerhouse tied things up at 49 heading into the second half. Real regained the advantage after the long break. The hosts poured in 25 points in the third term to take a 5-point advantage. They protected the lead throughout the fourth quarter and registered a tough win at the end. Gustavo Ayon (207-C/F-85, college: San Jose St.) had 14 points and 7 rebounds, while Felipe Reyes (204-PF-80) added 12 points for the hosts. Kevin Pangos (188-PG-93, college: Gonzaga) answered with 19 points for Zalgiris. Brock Motum (208-F/C-90, college: Washington St.) had 17 points in the loss.

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